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i picked up the new silver mt. zion memorial orchestra and tra-la-la band with choir today, already listened to it twice (the first three tracks the first time, the whole thing the second). all i can say is wow. wow wow wow. by far, to me, the best and most moving material the godspeed collective has put out to date. although i think a great many will be turned off by most of the vocals. i myself find it to be highly affecting, and greatly adds to what is certainly an instant classic. i can't praise this enough. my favourites so far are track 1, sow some lonesome corner so many flowers bloom, and 2, babylon was built on fire/stars no stars. highly recommended to anyone even remotely interested in post-rock. this has just taken the genre to a whole new level. |
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soooo...what is the band, what is the title...some confusion there |
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thanks for this review, i was almost not gonna bother with it, now i'll definitely give it a listen, good to hear someone so genuinely and unashamedly passionate about something....... new 'do make say think' album soon too, which i'll definitely bother with..... |
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the band is the silver mt. zion memorial orchestra and tra-la-la band with choir (or just silver mt. zion for short). the album is "this is our punk-rock," thee rusted satellites gather+sing. |
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i saw do make say think in june, and they blew the roof off the place. definately not a show i'll soon forget. killed my ears though. |
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Yeah, I just got it too. And I love it. |
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have a fav track yet? |
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I think it's a tie between the second and third. |
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nice nice. |
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i plan on checking that out immediately, i completely forgot they had a new album. the big question is can anything REALLY top "13 angels..."? |
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to be honest i didnt like this album as much as the last silver mt. zion release. it's good tuff, no doubt, but the only track that really stood out for me was the last one.. that one's DAMN good |
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my favourite godspeed CD is the one with the ducks on the front qwakin each other |
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No, in my opinion, they can't do better than the first album (which is my favourite album ever, by the way). Their style is quite different now, anyway. |
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yes i got it the day it came out, but have only had a chance to listen to it once. quite fantastic, i must say. i like the package too. though, yes, i must say efrim's vocal style is kinda irritating. i suppose ill get used to it, and it doesnt detract from the music too much. |
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as long as he don't start singin' in godspeed we're straight i was just frontin |
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oh man. i downloaded it and it was totally awesome until efrim started his proverbial nails-on-the-chalkboard voice. then i quickly turned it off. he needs to never sing again. |
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yes, he sounds like either a pussyfied jeff mangum or neil young punched in the balls. oof! i'm probably the only person into the singing on this board, as i'm also into some folk music (ie the indy scene's interpretation of folk music). well, i'm sure at least one other person will secretly be into it, while posting topics about how dope venetian snares is (kill a child today!). |
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i had a twenty minute arguement on whether that was a picture of a dog or a pig on the cover of the booklet, while eating falafels with a friend at my local falafel bar. actually they were shawarmas, or something like that, and i still don't know the nationality of the food. any help? |
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I like the singing... I must be mad. |
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hey tits, rap is faded, go back to the 80s. p.s. you're not black. jokes |
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dude.. *high five* |
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i loved the first disc, and the singing on the second complemented the music nicely, but this is just an overdose. he drowned track 2 in a voice that sounds like it smokes 4 packs a day. |
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i like the singing |
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i think yanqui could have used it, as i'm in the camp that points to it and calls it 'more maturely composed, sure, but that doesn't make it any less boring'. *slaps steve albini* it's his fault and everyone knows it. |
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damn dude that was teh cruelest, besides that's not even a rap song. how can you disrespect a godspeed fan like that?! yanqui did not need any singing. |
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well i'm sure you were thinking of a rap song when you posted that. and yes it did! as nasally as possible! |
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pharrell "frontin'" = r&b and, NO! godspeed is perfect w/o the singing, especially efrim's singing. it's for indie extremists only. maybe will oldham could sing on a godspeed song or something!? |
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fuck will oldham, it's all about jeff mangum. hell, even alison shaw would have fit. but that might piss people off even more than efrim. |
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who are jeff mangum and alison shaw? are they in bands? what's their vocal style? |
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jeff mangum basically = neutral milk hotel. if you don't know nmh then.. damn. alison shaw = cranes. your nonsensical little girl voice. i recommend the song 'beautiful friend' off 'loved'. if you know my bloody valentine, then you should know cranes. |
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i heard a couple NMH songs 2 years ago and didn't like them but i figured they're just not the best songs cranes.. i'll check them out |
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for nmh, you have to listen to the entire album 'in the aeroplane over the sea' at least four times. and then you'll understand. no slick production, just brilliant lyrics and songwriting. |
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'aeroplane' is one of the few albums that really needs to be listened to in its entirety. |
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i got this yesterday, fantastic release, track 1 is pure greatness. I dont really know how to compare it to the others, its really different. new do make say think and polmo polpo coming in october; should be very good month. |
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wasn't the new do make say think recorded in a church? |
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This topic was designed for me! 1) I love the new TSMZMO&TLLB(WC). I don't have the proper album yet, but I dl'ed it from slsk about a month and a half ago. I hugely love it. My fav track was 2, especially the "brightest light I ever saw..." part, but has shifted to track 3. Simply stunning. 2) His voice is a double edged sword for sure. While it is quite without talent, it's excused because it sounds so heart-felt. By the way, perfect description of Efrim's voice on this album = Neil Youg crossed with Sarah McLaughlin. 3) The new Do Make Say Think will be absolutely amazing, for sure. It's entitled "Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn." I've heard 4 of the 9 tracks live, in fact I taped the show and have heard them several times and simply love them all! This album was recorded in a couple of different rural (= barns) locations, like Goodbye Enemy Airship was. I don't know which album was recorded in a church, but it sounds familiar. 4) all who like Silver Mt. Zion will love Esmerine. It's on Resonant records, and features Bruce from GY!BE and Beckie from ASMZ as its core, with guests such as Efrim and Thierry from GY!BE. Check it out, it's beautiful. |
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Oh yeah, and I'm totally buying This is Our Punk rock on vinyl. Tomorrow. Right before I see Mogwai. |
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i love all three albums, this one the most. they are SO good. better than godspeed, imo. |
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no, i like singing a lot...just not efrim's. and i'm pretty sure the picture is of a dog. most likely wanda, efrim's dog who died of cancer a few years ago, to which 'he has left us alone but...' was dedicated to. when exactly is the new do make say think album coming out anyways? |
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October 6th for the new Do Make Say Think. Here's the write up from the website, to get you excited. Do Make Say Think have fashioned a fourth full-length album of tremendous beauty & depth, more loosely woven than previous records & played with a dark, wistful restraint throughout. The songs on Winter Hymn... are eerie & iridescent, composed & captured with mesmerising attention to detail, guided by the band's most intricate & intimate guitar passages to date. Many of the songs feature a newfound non-linearity in compositional structure that once again raises the DMST bar for imbuing instrumental rock with heartrending - yes, even hymnal - narrative ideas. More than any previous effort by the band, this is an album that yearns to be listened to as a whole, or at least in the triptychs defined by the 3-sided vinyl edition. SIDE A is driven by introspective guitar work, full of delicate transitions & devastatingly soulful punctuations. These first three tracks rank among the finest & most finessed music the band has yet set to tape - impressionistic & fragmented, while remaining coherent & perfectly controlled. SIDE B relies more heavily on horns & a recurring jazz groove in the rhythm section, while SIDE C brings on the rock & pop denouement, beginning with an explosive track that devolves into cut-up & eventually gives way to the celebratory album closer (complete with submerged chorale). Recorded in three sessions over the winter & spring of 2003, most of the tracks went to tape at two rural locations. The resulting campfire vibe on much of this material is reminiscent of the band's second record, Goodbye Enemy Airship..., but with more complexity throughout. Mixed by the group at th'Schvitz, their Toronto home studio, the album continues to highlight DMST's inventive production touches, always at the service of the musical ideas. Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn is available on compact disc & three sides of vinyl. Both formats are chipboard gatefold jackets with lovely original art |
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Better than Godspeed? I think maybe almost as good, but not better. To each his own though. It's cool that a lot of people on this list listen to this kind of music! |
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Efrim sounds like the Labradford guys singing on their first and second album. The same, same, exact voice :) :( |
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i am listening to a silver mt zion for the first time and ... WOW !!! They are soooo good. This is some of the best music i've ever heard!!! |
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It has some of the most beautiful orchestration ASMZ have done, and the packaging is so well done, it demands purchase on vinyl (even if you don't have a record player) |
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esmerine is great too, i actually got that the same day i got smz. i also gor a current 93 release and animal collective...all top notch too. |
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martin: by better i mean i preffer to listen to it more often. not necessarily technically better or better executed necessarily. just to me, material i would rather listen to. if that makes sense. |
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it does, and i agree. (even though i'm not martin) |
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this album's growing on me the more i listen to it actually. i still wish he didn't sing though. |
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your avatar rocks. |
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Yeah, I was just joking. Good music is good music, yeah? |
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